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- Meadowlink Rail Trail
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Meadowlink Rail Trail
Type: | Rail trail |
Location: | 20km north of Melbourne |
Start/end: | Railway Crescent, Broadmeadows to Merlynston Creek |
Status: | Open |
Length open: | 1.3km |
Surface: | Sealed |
Contact Region: | Melbourne, Yarra Valley, Geelong, Bellarine & Mornington Peninsulas |









Details
Features
- The Hume Council have transformed this former line into a four hectare open community space and called it "Meadowlink Linear Park".
- They have installed a 1.3 kilometre long concrete shared pathway 3.3 meters wide, 400 new shade trees, 500 plants, seating and lighting to help with public safety.
- The Victorian Government contributed over $2 million for design and construction.
Description
This rail trail runs between Railway Crescent Broadmeadows (near its intersection with King William Street) and the Merlynston Creek. From this point a shared pathway leads to the historic Will Will Rook Pioneer Cemetery on Camp Road and beyond through the Jack Roper Reserve to the popular shared pathway beside the Western Ring Road.
Background Information
This is the former World War 2 branch line called the "Broadstore Line" that ran for 1.6 kilometres from the main north/ south line at Broadmeadows (a northern suburb of Melbourne) in 1942, in an easterly direction providing services to the Maygar Army Barracks in Cambellfield. These barracks played and important part in housing troops and Army support during WW1 and WW2. The line was unelectrified and closed in 1982 with the lines being lifted in 1991.
Links
For more information on this rail trail, contact Hume City Council at enquiries@hume.vic.gov.au or telephone 9205 2200
January 2020
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Contact Us About This Trail
Email or click here: melbourne@railtrails.org.au.